Kerri Bedrick's mother speaks out after daughter killed her grandson in allegedly drug-fueled ghost accident in Long Island

The heartbroken grandmother of the nine-year-old boy who was allegedly killed by his drug-addicted mother in a wrong-way crash on a Long Island freeway said her daughter had been battling health problems before the tragedy – but the boy was “everything” to her.

Grandmother Diane Bedrick described the close relationship between her grandson Elias D. Henrys and her daughter Kerri Bedrick, who faces a host of felony charges, including driving under the influence, following Thursday's fatal four-vehicle crash on the South State Parkway.

“He was such a sweet boy and had a long life ahead of him,” Bedrick told Newsday. “She adored him and he was everything to her.”

The grieving grandmother said her 32-year-old daughter had been suffering from health problems and had to take prescription medication.

“We love them both and are trying to get through this,” she told the newspaper.

Henrys was found buckled in the back seat of Bedrick's Mitsubishi SUV, which struck another vehicle head-on with such force that the car's engine was ejected and it was thrown off the road into the woods, authorities said.

Paramedics and New York State Police took Henrys to a hospital, but he died from his injuries, police said.

When The Post reached Diane Bedrick Friday morning, she declined to comment further.

The crash occurred at about 2:30 a.m. when Kerri Bedrick was driving her SUV the wrong way on the eastbound Southern State Parkway near the Islip exit while attempting to evade a traffic stop by a Suffolk County sheriff's deputy, according to state police and ABC7.

The deputy stopped the wrong-way chase by moving into the westbound lane, but Bedrick continued driving and crashed into oncoming traffic, the report said.

Bedrick suffered non-life-threatening injuries in the accident, as did the drivers of three other vehicles involved in the rear-end collision, state police said.

“To give you an idea of ​​the severity of the impact, the engine of the wrong-way vehicle was thrown into the woods some distance from the collision site,” said Stephen Udice, commander of State Police Troop L.

A video released by the outlet showed Bedrick being escorted out of a hospital by police in a daze.

Kerri Bedrick's arraignment was scheduled for Friday morning.